Full Freeview on the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 170,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) mast?
Heathfield transmitter - Heathfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Heathfield (East Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Heathfield transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Heathfield (East Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Heathfield transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 17km north (6°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 41km north-northeast (31°)
to ITV Meridian (East) region - 36 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | W T | W T | W T | K T | |||
| C29 | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
| C40 | SDN | ||||||||
| C41 | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | BBCA | |||||
| C42 | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C43 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C44 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | D3+4 | |||||
| C46 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||||
| C49tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C52tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
| C64 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C67 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 30 May 12 and 13 Jun 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2* | (-18dB) 1.6kW | |
| Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 1000W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Heathfield transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldWednesday, 13 June 2012
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Tony2:13 PM
ITV3, CITV etc.... should be 642.2 (Ch42+) but is not working yet? Website says it should be temp on Ch48 but not there either!!
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micky, Tony, Dave: SDN (ITV3 etc) remains on its pre-switchover channel 48 on low power until 27th June. This is because C42 is currently being used by transmitters in Kent until they switch-over on that date.
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Briantist: SDN remains on C48- until 27th at 2kW (according to DUK).
It has never used C42+ which is what Tunbridge Wells used before switchover and up to 27th. The other five muxes are a SFN with TW now. SDN's SFN doesn't start until 27th.
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Tony2:34 PM
Thanks Dave, am using Promax 4C on network here. Would I expect to see Ch48 about 10dB down on other mux's?
Absolutely nothing on Ch48, just noise floor :-(
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BH Viewer2:37 PM
All seemed to be up and running OK this morning.
There were a couple of apparent momentary dropouts on D3&4 just before lunch.
SDN is OK on Ch48.
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Tony2:52 PM
Thanks guys, must have some other internal network issue here. Def NO ch48 in the bedrooms of this hotel :-(
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Micky3:13 PM
Thanks dave for your reply.. Dont get that though cause i had quest at 2 am this morning and now nothing on either channels.. But do understand that it wont change till the 27th.. However isnt this failse advertising as it clearly states channel 42 sdn is running on full power on the heathfield mast now!!! Thinks this should be removed and stated clearly with the truth!!
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Micky: This is an independent site, thus information listed is sourced from elsewhere. Mistakes can happen and I have pointed this out to Briantist who is the site's owner.
One of the problems you may have is that C47 and C49 are high power and therefore strong signals, and relatively speaking, C48 in the middle is weak. This marked difference could be the source of the problem as the high power signals could be acting to desensitise your receiver. That is it is "looking" at 48 with high power signals on adjacent channels.
This could be likened to your eyes densitising at night when bright light is shone in your direction. Car headlights coming towards you, for example, may reduce your ability to see the surroundings.
You "may" be able to reduce the level of all signals by using an attenuator inline with your aerial lead in order to increase the sensitivity of the receiver. I say "may" because in so doing you will be reducing C48, but at 2kW at only four or five miles away is still powerful so you may be able to find a sweet spot where it all works.
If you get a variable one (20dB) you can then adjust it whilst viewing the signal strength on C48. Give it a few seconds to adjust to any change you make. Then find where it is at its maximum.
Attenuators can be picked up from online sources such as eBay or Amazon for £3 or £4.
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Micky5:21 PM
Ok im running on a adjuatable booster so i will try the gain on it.. If not i will jus have to wait till the 27th again. Fair anuf about it being a independent site.. Jus thought if it was advertised it would stop all the relevent quetions to this blog but cheers for all the info.. Much apriciated :)
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